Seeing his third senior sister acting coquettishly, Ye Qiu had no choice but to carry her on his back.

About half an hour later, Murong Qingcheng brought Ye Qiu to her residence.

Ye Qiu glanced at it and was somewhat surprised.

Before them stood a huge villa that resembled a small palace. As soon as they reached the gate, two pretty young girls came forward and bowed respectfully: "Welcome home, Miss."

"Oh, right, this is my junior brother. You all have to serve him well from now on. Give him whatever he wants, understand?"

Murong Qingcheng asked calmly.

"Understood." The two pretty young girls bowed respectfully to Ye Qiu, "Greetings, young master."

"No need to be so polite, senior sister, let's go in quickly."

"Hey, junior brother, what do you think of these two little maids? Should we call them to your room tonight and let you..."

"Senior sister, you're here again. Come on, let's go inside and talk serious. I have a lot of questions I want to ask you."

Ye Qiu pulled Murong Qingcheng to quicken their pace.

...

At the same time, Commander Sun led his men back to the prefect's residence to report the situation to the prefect.

"What? That kid is actually Murong Qingcheng's junior brother?"

The prefect turned around in surprise.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Murong Qingcheng's identity is not simple, so I dared not act rashly and returned to report to you first," Commander Sun said in a deep voice.

"You did the right thing." The prefect narrowed his long, narrow eyes slightly, revealing a dangerous aura: "We cannot let the Ye family's escapees go, otherwise they will become a major problem. But we cannot kill them in front of Murong Qingcheng. This woman has a very powerful background."

"Your Excellency, I have a humble opinion, but I don't know if I should say it."

Commander Sun hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

"Speak." The prefect picked up a cup of hot tea, blew on it, and calmly took a sip.

Commander Sun cautiously said, "Now that Murong Qingcheng has gotten involved, it's not appropriate for our prefectural governor's office to openly kill Ye Qiu. Why not let the Xiao family, the Chen family, and the Zhang family do everything they can to kill Ye Qiu?"

"We just need to send some people to infiltrate these three families and help them. After all, these three families contributed the most to the destruction of the Ye family, and they should be the ones who fear them the most."

“That makes sense.” The prefect slowly put down his teacup, then changed the subject with a smile, saying, “But Ye Qiu is clearly a martial artist. Sending ordinary people to help the three major families will be useless. We need to send a true master. Commander Sun, what do you think about sending a Grand Martial Master?”

Commander Sun was startled upon hearing this: "Prefect, a Grand Martial Master is invincible below the Grandmaster level. Isn't sending such an expert a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut?"

The prefect waved his hand and said seriously, "Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit, so we must not be careless. You must immediately contact the three major families and have them unite to prepare a force to cooperate with the Grand Martial Master at any time to kill this little bastard Ye Qiu and leave no future troubles."

"yes."

Commander Sun dared not say another word.

...

Meanwhile, in Murong Qingcheng's villa, Ye Qiu kept pressing her for information about the Eight Desolations Map and other details, but Murong Qingcheng kept dodging the question and changing the subject, seemingly unwilling to tell Ye Qiu the truth.

Ye Qiu said somewhat dejectedly and disappointedly, "Forget it, I won't ask anymore, Third Senior Sister, tell me if you want."

"Oh dear, why are you still angry? Here, have a grape to calm down. It's purple and very juicy."

Murong Qingcheng picked up a large grape and fed it to Ye Qiu.

"I won't eat."

Ye Qiu turned her head away.

“I’ll tell you once you’ve eaten it,” Murong Qingcheng said.

Upon hearing this, Ye Qiu opened his mouth and ate the grape.

"Hehe, you little brat, you think I can't handle you?"

Murong Qingcheng laughed sweetly, her delicate body trembling slightly, revealing a certain 'surging' quality.

"Are you playing me again?"

“I won’t tease you this time.” Murong Qingcheng sat up straight, her expression becoming more serious. “Junior brother, what we can be sure of now is that, in addition to the Chen, Zhang, and Xiao families, the Prefectural Governor’s Office also participated in the extermination of the Ye Clan back then, and played a more important role than the three major families.”

In other words, the three major families are probably just following the orders of the prefect. As for the deeper issues, they are unaware of anything, which is why you couldn't get any information out of Zhang Dequan and Chen Xiao by pressing them.

"I see." Ye Qiu slowly clenched his fist: "It seems that the three major families have no reason to exist anymore, and the culprit is most likely the Prefect's Mansion."

“Not necessarily,” Murong Qingcheng said. “I have inquired and found that the Eight Desolations Map was indeed taken from the Ye family by the Prefect’s Office, but it was secretly sent away by the Prefect’s Office overnight. Only the Prefect knows where it was sent. The person who sent the Eight Desolations Map away was later killed. If nothing unexpected happens, the person who eventually received the Eight Desolations Map is the real culprit, but I can’t find out who he is.”

"We have enough information," Ye Qiu said. "Knowing that the Prefect's Office is an important player, I can follow the clues and eventually find and eliminate the mastermind behind it all. Third Senior Sister, it's getting late, I have to go."

"Where are you going?" Murong Qingcheng grabbed Ye Qiu's hand: "From now on, this is your home. You are not allowed to go anywhere else."

"Third Senior Sister, there's no point in keeping the lives of the three major families alive. I'm going to wipe them out and collect some interest first," Ye Qiu said solemnly.

"Why are you in such a hurry? You need to stay calm." Murong Qingcheng pulled Ye Qiu to sit down and said softly, "You want to kill them, but they might want to kill you even more. Sometimes, it's better to wait for the enemy to get anxious first than to take the initiative."

"Just wait and see. They'll definitely lure you somewhere soon, and then you can wipe them all out in one fell swoop. Otherwise, you'll have to kill the Chen family and then go after the Zhang family—it's such a hassle and a waste of energy. You'd be better off wasting it on your senior sister."

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